will on line poker survive with the bad economy

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Nope, it's obviously dead. I logged on this morning and there were only 111,000 people on Stars and 32,000 on Full Tilt.
 
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gambling actually goes up when the economy is bad. People took a bad beat in life and are looking to catch up with their loses :).
 
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My grandmother told me to get into the gambing or liquor buisness. Because everybody wants to drink and gamble when their down on their luck
 
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French companies report that sexy female underwear is also selling very strongly in the current economy. Go figure...
 
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French companies report that sexy female underwear is also selling very strongly in the current economy. Go figure...
Because people are staying at home more, so more interested in home entertainment... :D
 
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glad i peaked in on this one!!
french underwear too funny!!
grandma's advice - sounds good to me, and also sounds true.
life's bad break, again sounds good.
i think it might slow things down a bit, but it won't die.
anyone that's unexpectedly won anything through gambling will again try it. it's the hope that it brings. and besides those that've played online and won aren't going to give it up. atleast i don't think so.
 
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i recon that its will be a struggle through these bad times and the poker site will prob put up the rake and torney entre 2 help out there losses because just l8ly on a few poker site there havent been as many people on line than normal
 
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Online poker is here to stay.

I wouldn't worry about that too much ?

How is the automobile industry doing ?

Did Wayne Gretzky stay in hockey ?
 
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All those people laid-off with nothing to do! Full Tilt should insert flyers into the unemployment check envelopes.
 
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I would imagine that the current climate will have an effect on online poker.. maybe less will play because of the need to save money.. maybe more will play through the boredom of being unemployed.

As for it being the end.. I cant see that.
 
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We didn't take our anniversary (52nd) trip because of the bad economy, so I played online poker for those two weeks.
 
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Poker isn't going anywhere. People look for distractions and easy money when they are losing money. A distraction they'll get. As for easy money...
 
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Cant see it ending any time in the near future.
 
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gamble and liquer

Grandma has the best idea~!
 
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I think online poker will be stronger than ever. People are not going to stop playing, and you get more bang for your buck online than you do in a casino. Granted, you can't partake in an awesome buffet at home :)

I think that there may even be a push to legalize online gambling in the US, as long as they find a way to tax it.
 
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Less time working + more need for money = more online poker being played.
 
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i think online gambling will stay and become stronger with time, good or bad economy both give reasons to gamblers to play
 
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Online Poker will never die! The 'Poker Economy' is a separate entity!
 
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In some respects online poker may be recession proof for a lot of the reasons stated above, plus the cost structure of the business is so low. Everything is virtual - it can contract and expand almost on demand (assumes the underlying architecture was done properly).
 
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as long as theres sinners (joke) there will be online poker :p
 
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can and will online poker survive with the economy being so bad.

Gambling and Liquor sales up way up... I saw the most people ever on full tilt it was 93k+... So need less to say Idol hands do the Devils work... LMAO... Im one of the unemployed I made my first deposit last week... :confused: Go figure...
 
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The economy going up or down really has no effect on online poker. If it has any it's an increase since it costs less to play online than to take a trip to the nearest casino. As long as people are willing to buy a lottery ticket to get a 1:10000000000000 chance to win the big one, I think the sane ones of us like the odds of online poker better.
 
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After a few years working for a casino and a couple more working the casinos, I know the truth of what JD Dirty's grandma had to say. A guy down on his luck takes more risks.

I have already know of a few people here in my area who have turned to online poker because they can't find work.

And I Hope that they start taxing online poker. But only if they figure the tax and regulate the sites along lines similar to the Nevada Gaming Commission.

I often wonder if the software of the site I'm playing would pass a going over by the NGC. I can think of a few I'm sure wouldn't.

If I could have some level of the oversight Nevada Gaming provides, it would be well worth paying taxes on pots over $1199.
 
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